Elton Brand played 33 minutes in the Mavs/Thunder OT thriller Friday night and scored 10 points with 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, and he has now double-doubled in back to back games. You’ve been Branded! EB is starting to get comfortable with his new sixth man role, and Friday’s game was his fourth in a row scoring in double-digits, including a sweet season high 20 point game last Sunday. Sir Elton is averaging 13.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.0 block over the past seven days, and he is playing well enough right now to warrant a pick up in most standard leagues. Dallas needs all the help they can get and let’s face it, so does your fantasy team. Ol’ grey Brand, he ain’t what he used to be, but he can still be helpful. He’s owned in just over half of Yahoo fantasy leagues, but that number is rising quick. I know, he may have burned you in the past, but it’s a brand new day, and hopefully a brand new Elton.

Here’s what else happened Friday night in fantasy basketball:

Kyle Lowry – 11 pts, 5 reb, 11 ast (3-11 fgm), 2 3pm. Played 36 minutes (i.e. 16 more minutes than Jose Calderon, who played well, 13 pts, 4 ast) despite the poor shooting. We’ve been telling you to BUY Lowry low (or by Low-ry) for weeks now. For those of you who have done so, you suffered through this poor shooting performance last night, but 11 assists, pretty gooood, amirite!? For those who have not bought low, now’s your chance!

John Wall – 14 pts, 12 ast, 4 reb, 2 blk. Might be too late to buy low, but Wall’s still not starting yet, so now might be the last chance you get. Wall can be a bonafide fantasy stud when healthy, just hope the other owner doesn’t know that.

Jarrett Jack – 20 pts, 2 reb, 10 ast, started and played 43 minutes. Jarrett should be owned everyone while Stephen Curry is sidelined. He’s still just under 60% owned in Yahoo leagues, and if you don’t pick him up soon, well, you don’t know Jack about fantasy basketball.

Tim Duncan – 24 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast, 3 blk. Old reliable.

Tiago Splitter – 19 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast. Tiago is averaging 12.3 points and 8.0 rebounds over the past two weeks and as long as he’s seeing the minutes, he’s worth keeping an eye on. (Seems like all of Friday’s BUYS have started the weekend with a bang. – ed.)

Marreese Speights – 10 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl. Started for Zach Randolph, but unfortunately, with Z-Bo set to return soon, Mo doesn’t have much value outside the deepest of leagues.

Tony Allen – 14 pts, 9 reb, 6 ast, 3 blk in 37 minutes. Tony is a great “real life” player, but unfortunately that doesn’t translate to fantasy as well. However, TA’s averaging 1.8 steals over the past two weeks (if you’re into that sort of thing).

DeMarcus Cousins – 22 pts, 12 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk. DMC was the only one on his team to score in double digits. If this was your team, you’d probably have an attitude problem, too.

Devin Harris – 17 pts, 3 ast, 3 3pm. Now has 34 points over the past two games. Welcome to Devin’s Heaven. Where everyone’s an all star! Lou Williams left Friday’s game with an injury, which could mean more consistent time for Devin. He’s a hot schmotato right now and available in over 75% of Yahoo leagues.

Carlos Delfino – 17 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl. Carlos of the Fino is one of the hottest schmotatos in the league right now. He’s averaging 12.6 pts, 2.3 ast, 2.6 reb, 1.4 stl and almost 3 3pm per games over the past two weeks. Chances are he’s available in your league and that’s just del-fine-o.

James Harden – 17 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast, 1 stl, 4 blk. The Bearded One is a top 5 fantasy player right now. Before the season started, he was still coming off the bench. Funny how things change.

Jared Sullinger – 7 pts, 15 reb, 1 stl. I told you to BUY him and he’s been pretty underwhelming since. So I was happy to see him beast 15 boards on Friday. He fouled out again, womp womp, and there are going to be some rough patches with the rookie, but the upside is definitely there.

@Frank Lynch: both injury risks, jameer when healthy is more valuable i believe, but this year I’d go with Kmart the way things have been going… jameers GTD for sunday already and he’s about a GTD every night it seems like this yr.

@Frank Lynch: Tony is right, Kevin Martin although inconsistent at times, is a lot less risky than Nelson. Obviously if you need assists, you’d want Nelson, but Martin is the man when the Thunder are winning and the Thunder are usually winning.

@Frank Lynch: Its not a bad trade if you think Rose will return strong. But you need to compensate for Griffin’s FT% and Parker and Monroe are having great years. Its risky but if Rose returns to form, it could pay off big.

I also have Duranton my team so i think I’d be stacked.. What u think? I hate to get Rudd of Thompson but i have to for that.. Also that’s why i asked you, Martin or Nelson cause he said eather or. So Wii would you pick?

I’m just worried about getting rid of Thompson.. I wanted to give him Okafor and glen Davis instead but do you think keeping those guys are better then giving away Thompson? I had Love but i had to drop him and i picked up Davis off the wire.. What u think?

@Frank Lynch: I think if the trade is done there is no use dwelling on it now. You are now the owner of Derrick Rose, who when healthy, is one of the best players in the league hands down. You have to give up a lot to get players like him.

@Locifer: Depends on need. If I need rebounds I want Davis, if I need 3’s I want Reddick. In a vacuum, Davis will play more and start, but Reddick’s ratios can really help you as well. Its a wash, but Davis will probably put up better numbers if only because he will play more minutes.